Coming Soon

The past couple of months have been mostly dead, as they tend to be every year, video game-wise.  Fortunately, all this is about to come to an end, as we begin to move into the holiday season.  For us here at Zero Tolerance, this means adding to the backlog.  However, there are a few things we're really looking forward to in the coming weeks, and you can look forward to our reviews on:

Dragon's Crown - Released earlier this month by Vanillaware (of Odin Sphere and Muramasa: The Demon Blade fame), this fantasy "epic" is set as a 2D, side-scrolling, beat 'em up.  Hey, if you're good at something, why stop?  Vanillaware continues doing what they do best, offering up a beautifully hand-painted world with mechanically sound gameplay.  Accommodating up to 4 players, Dragon's Crown is almost starting to look like the party game that the PS3 really needed.

Saints Row IV - Continuing the legacy of ridiculosity left by Saints Row: The Third, Saints Row IV is looking like it could just live up to its collector's edition title of "Game of the Generation".  The Boss is back, and this time the Third Street Saints are running the country.  When the US gets attacked by aliens, it's up to The Boss and our cast of familiar gangstas to take the extra-terrestrial threat head on.  Saints Row IV ups the ante with all new superpowers and absurd weapons like the "dubstep gun". A ridiculous take on the open-world action genre that this gamer is seriously looking forward to.

Killer is Dead - SUDA51 is back.  Back to doing the things I've loved about his work.  The cel-shading and the completely impossible to follow storyline(s), with the ridiculously awesome character design.  Following in the footsteps of Killer7 and No More Heroes, these are the SUDA51 roots that I really enjoy.  It's hard to know much about this game because so little has been revealed, as per the norm.  Picking it up launch day.

Divekick - The parody fighting game with surprising depth.  2 buttons.  Just 2.  Jump.  And kick.  How can a fighter so simple have so much depth?  Pick it up to find out.

Also worth a mention (and MAYBE a playthrough):
Painkiller: Hell and Damnation (August)
The Bureau: XCOM Declassified (August)
Dead or Alive 5 Ultimate (September)
GTAV (September)
Beyond: Two Souls (October)
Disgaea D2 (October)
Batman: Arkham Origins (October)

And now for something NOT Coming Soon:

Xbox One to these eight countries: Belgium, Denmark, Finland, Netherlands, Norway, Russia, Sweden, and Switzerland.

Microsoft has gone and done it again.  Just when you think things couldn't get much worse for the Xbone, they've once again cut the short list of launch countries for the console.  Their reasoning?  "Ensuring our customers get the best Xbox One experience the first day it is available. To do that, and in order to meet demand, we have adjusted the number of markets that will receive Xbox One in November."

The aforementioned countries that have been cut from the list have been rescheduled to "as soon as possible in 2014".

So, contrary to popular belief, it would appear that Microsoft does NOT want your money.

Source: Xbox.com